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All change for Mozilla Firefox

End of the line for v1.5 and a host of new fixes

The
Mozilla
Foundation has formally ended support for version 1.5 of its Firefox browser
and released the new
2.0.0.4
version.

Mozilla said that the new version fixes six security holes, one of which is
rated 'critical'. Firefox 1.5 users are being offered an upgrade tool to move to
the new browser.

"We anticipate this to be the last release in the Firefox 1.5.0.x series,"
said the Mozilla developers blog.

"Mozilla typically maintains support for previous releases for six months
after a major release. Mozilla has previously extended the planned end of life
for the 1.5.0.x series in order to accommodate some recent changes in update
functionality."

The new browser contains one patch that covers 30 memory bugs in its
JavaScript engines. The organisation also warned users of its Thunderbird email
system that similar bugs could be found in the client.

"Thunderbird shares the browser engine with Firefox and could be vulnerable
if JavaScript were to be enabled in mail," reads the
security
advisory.

"Some of these crashes showed evidence of memory corruption under certain
circumstances and we presume that, with enough effort, at least some of these
could be exploited to run arbitrary code."